For various reasons though, volumes may drop and once that happens, die casting is no longer the best fit.

DIE CASTING WITH SERVICE-LEVEL QUANTITIES

Recently, a large OEM reached out and told us the majority of their parts are produced using die casting. In this OEM’s instance, their part designs evolved, while the old designs still needed support in a service environment. They told us their current die casting vendor couldn’t dedicate the time to produce service-level quantities.

PERMANENT MOLD CASTING WITH DIE CASTING
SERVICE-LEVEL QUANTITIES

Permanent mold has many of the same characteristics and benefits you get with die casting – at a more affordable rate (since you’re only producing service-level quantities).

Much like die casting, permanent mold applies single molds made out of tool steel that create high quality aluminum parts. Each mold typically lasts for ~100,000 pieces. As we mentioned earlier, permanent mold integrates sand cores that achieve complex internal pathways or undercuts.